Dispatch Supervisor, Wildland Fire Dispatcher 4 (WFD4)
Relocation Compensation may be available and considered
Salary: $3,811.00 - $5,117.00 Monthly

Please note: In addition to the salary range advertised, the incumbent will receive an additional 5% King County duty station pay.

Responsibilities:
This position supervises the staffing and communications management of critical emergency response when life, property, or natural resources are threatened due to wildfire.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Providing technical direction to dispatch staff, ensuring procedures for wildfire dispatching, fire business, administrative management, records retention, and incident/resource documentation are met;
• Providing leadership and promoting cohesion within the dispatch team;
• Mentoring and training dispatch staff, building a culture of trust and resiliency;
• Leading and developing dispatch staff as they apply procedures and local knowledge to mobilizing personnel and resources for emergency operations and incident support;
• Assigning work and evaluating job performance to provide the highest level of service while meeting agency goals, values, and principles;
• Ensuring applicable documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner for all emergency operations and incident response;
• Ensuring incident and resource information is properly organized and easily accessible for cost recovery processes;
• Ensuring fire records are maintained and stored according to agency records and retention policies;
• Serves as the region expert and contact for wildfire support programs such as WildCAD-e and Interagency Resource Ordering Capability (IROC).
• Works cooperatively with partnering dispatch centers to ensure cohesion and efficiency when ordering resources to support wildfire incidents;
• Tracking public notifications of active burn permits, prescribed fires, and smoke complaints;
• Providing agency staff with notifications of burn permit requests and burn complaints;
• Supporting Duty Officers and agency staff when responding to after-hours wildfire incidents.

Required Qualifications: 

• One season as a Wildland Fire Dispatcher 3;
  OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Supervisory Experience.
• Experience in Microsoft Programs.
• Must be able to evaluate people by state application processes to ensure the variety of skills in a dispatch center are met.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Typing at a minimum of 40 words per minute.
• Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.